esponjoso
[espõŋˈxoso]
The verdict
“esponjoso” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #54,878 among 5,243 “E” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #54,878
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 5,243
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Se dice de una textura o un cuerpo poroso, absorbente y ligero como la esponja.
Corpus desk
Index ES-esponjoso · esponjoso · Spanish
esponjoso · rank #54,878 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #54,878
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,243
- PHOTO-FINISH esperanzada
Nearest frequency peer: esperanzada (-1 rank slots)
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Rangos de cola larga cerca de “esponjoso”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- escueta
escueta
45,126 corpus weight
- eslavo
eslavo
45,125 corpus weight
- esperanzada
esperanzada
45,124 corpus weight
- esponjoso
esponjoso
45,123 corpus weight
- espín
espín
45,122 corpus weight
- estacionarse
estacionarse
45,121 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “esponjoso” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | esponjoso |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [espõŋˈxoso] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #54,878 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “esponjoso” en español
Rare enough to double-check
esponjoso is uncommon Spanish at frequency #54,878 among 5,243 “E” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [espõŋˈxoso]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Se dice de una textura o un cuerpo poroso, absorbente y ligero como la esponja.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for esponjoso, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Spanish form is esponjoso, spelled E-S-P-O-N-J-O-S-O.
Definition
- 1Se dice de una textura o un cuerpo poroso, absorbente y ligero como la esponja.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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